FOUR MTDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, April 18, 1957
geftoblles
Mondo 'Grass' io
Undergo Tests at
OSC This Spring
Corvallis Mondo "grass,"
currently being promoted in sev
eral parts of the country for
home lawns, is scheduled for
test al Oregon State college to
ans-ver local inquiries on its
suitability for this area.
Harry Schoth, USDA agron
omist in charge of the tests, said
plantings this spring will prob
ably require two or more years
of study. Mondo cannot be rec
ommended for the Northwest
until careful study is made, he
stated.
Mississippi State college, fol
lowing introduction of Mondo
as a "lawn grass" for southern
states, reported it unsuitable for
turf and unable to stand heavy
foot traffic in that area.
Mondo is not a grass but a
low-growing perennial closely
related to the lily-of-the-valley.
Its grass-like leave are Vs-inch
wide, rather rigid, grow 6 to 12
Inches long and have a tendency
to droop. It produces small vio
let or bluish-tinged flowers fol
lowed by pale blue berries.
Siemleis Tufted Plants
The stemless tufted plants
spread from underground stems
and tuberous roots. Plants set
close together are reported to
do well in either sunlight or
dense shade, stand considerable
wide range of soil and climatic
conditions. It proved winter
hardy in USDA tests near Wash
ington, D.C.
While Mondo is used in some
southern states and southern Eu
rope for borders and edgings,
Schoth said it has also been ad
vertised for "lawns" that require
no mowing. USDA researchers
pointed out it needs no mowing
where a height of 6 to 12 inches
Is not objectionable.
dThe plant recovered slowly
when mowed, the USDA scien
tftts said. Removal of the top
portion of the leaf exposes an
open unsightly "sod" that may
tent out further if mowing is
emtinued.
Farmers Advised to
Protect Allotments
Corvallis Farmers with
&tieet acreage illotments should
jsfatect allotments by signing a
saquest to stabilize their wheat
acreage history, Robert T. Lis
ter, Prineville, chairman of the
Oregon agricultural stabilization
and conservation (ASC) commit
tee, has advised.
Requests must be signed and
filed in local county ASC of
fices by May 1, Lister said.
Forms are available in the coun
ty offices, and farmers are ad
vised to make sure they meet
the deadline.
One provision of the Soil
Bank law states that a farmer
may lose part of his wheat acre
age allotment if he underplants;
accidentally or intentionally;
Lister explained. He emphasized
that any farmer in any part of
the state can protect his allot
ment, by signing one of the re
quest forms.
Queston:
Answer:
PROTECT YOUR FRUIT
Use
THE NEW ANTIBIOTIC
1. Available as
2. Increases yields
3. Safe to plants
4. Easy and economical to use
Also Controls Walnut
Blight
Unlike the common fungicides, PHYTOMYCIN gives the
grower a product that is specific for the control of blight
caused by bacteria such as fire blight and walnut blight.
PHYTOMYCIN not only protects the crop but olso may
eradicate the infectious agent under certain conditions.
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Declines Observed
In Production Mere
(Editor's note: How is agriculture doing in Jackson
county? What is its future? How does it stack up as com
pared to the past? What are the major items of income? .
(The following is one of a series of six articles, prepared
by the Mail Tribune in cooperation with the county agricul
tural extension office and others, in an attempt to answer
these questions.)
Marketing has always been
the major problem facing grow
ers of small fruits and vege
tables in Jackson county.
Lack of good markets is the
main reason these enterprises
represent only a tiny fraction
of the county's overall agricul
tural economy. The area itself
is well adopted to growing a
wide variety of these crops, ac
cording to Don Berry, county
horticulturue agent.
Four Major Vegetables
Four major vegetables are
raised here, onions, tomatoes,
corn and cantaloupes. Onions,
tomatoes and corn are the only
ones exported in significant
quatity. They are sent by truck
as far south as San Francisco
and as far north as Portland,
and a few exports are made to
to inter-mountain states.
These vegetables are also sold
on local markets, which include
Jackson county, Redmond,
Bend, Gold Beach, Klamath
Falls and Roseburg in Oregon,
and Crescent City and Red Bluff
in California.
Cantaloupes and squash are
grown here for local consump
tion. Numerous other vegetables,
regarded as minor crops, are
also sold locally through fruit
stands or to local grocery stores.
Onion Production
Onions appear to be the only
locally grown vegetable that
have not experienced a signific
ant decline here in recent years
But there is less acreage here
ven in onions than there was
at one time. In 1956, there were
an estimated 80 acres of onions
in the county, as compared with
107 in 1939, which was the peak
year for production.
Jackson county at one ume
had around 400 acres of toma
toes, most of which were som
for processing. The tomato acre
age figure dropped to 200 in
1946, and was down to about
100 in 1956.
Production of corn as a vege
table has always been erratic.
Berry pointed out. Acreage has
varied from 50 to about 200. In
1946, acreage was estimated at
200, and last year it was esti
mated at 150.
Cantaloupe Acreage
Cantaloupe acreage was esti
mated at about 50 in 1956, and
hotweon fis and 75 in 1939. The
county had about 25 acres of
squash in 1956 and a slight down
ward trend has been eviaem, m
recent years.
Among minor crops showing
declines have been lettuce and
potatoes. In 1929, there were 21
acres of lettuce, and in 1956
Vipr were none. Potato acre
age dropped from about 300 in
1945 to about 50 in iaoo. nan
ishes. once raised here for ex
port, have about completely left
the picture. At one tune 30 xo u
acres were being raised here,
but there is no radish acreage
at the present time.
Fire Blight?
Phytomycin!
dust or
liqui
id
Berry says vegetable growers
in other areas have been able
to "steal" local markets from
Jackson county farmers because
they can produce and transport
their products more profitably
than local growers can. Also,
local growers do not produce
in large enough quantities to sup
ply major chain stores or term
inal markets. Thus, as the mar
ket for locally produced vege
tables declined, farmers turned
to raising other more profitable
crops or seeking outside employ
ment. Roadside Stands
But local growers are not giv
ing up on the vegetable market.
The county agent said there has
been a definite increase lately
in establishment of roadside
fruit stands. By selling produce
in this manner, the grower elim
inates the "middle man" and
can realize more profit on his
sales. Local growers are also
improving grades and standards
in packaging their Droduce for
market, thus getting farm fresh,
high quality produce to the local
consumer.
Growers of small fruits have
faced market problems similar
to those of vegetable growers,
and have experienced the added
problem of disease. Strawberry
growing has been especially un
dermined by black root rot
among Northwests and straw
berry yellows virus among Mar
shalls. These two are considered
to be the highest quality va
rieties. They can be grown here
in higher average yield per acre
than the Willamette valley, but
below average California pro
duction.
Strawberry Growing
Iii 1956, there we'e about 65
acres of strawberries here, as
compared with 80 in 1949. Berry
says there would be a possibility
of growing more strawberries
here if a disease-hesistant, high
quality variety could be devel
oped. Acreage of boysen And young
berries has also fallen in the
last 16 years. In 1940, there'were
an estimated 140 acres, as com
pared with only 50 in 1956. The
county agent said presence of
crown or cane gall disease, com
bined with limited markets, has
made large-scale production of
these berries impractical.
- Wilt disease has held down
acreages of red and black rasp
berries, and there have been no
high quality, varieties available
to grow in this area. In 1949,
there were about five acres of
black raspberries as compared
with three in 1956. In 1949,
there were 30 acres of red rasp
berries, as compared with about
20 in 1956.
New Variety
, There were only about three
acres- of tame blackberries in
1956, and about eight in 1946.
Berry said there is a possibility
of expanding tame blackberry
acreage here as the result of a
variety recently developed at
Oregon State college. This new
variety, called Marion, is show
ing considerable promise as a
vigorous, high quality berry, and
is being recommended to those
who want to grow blackberries.
Berry commented there seems
little future in grape production
in this area because the average
season is too short for develop
ment of good quality grapes.
There were about 20 acres in
1956, as compared with 40 in
1946. He noted, however, that
expanded production will be
possible only if and when a high
quality, early season grape va
riety is developed.
The county agent said grow
ers of both vegetables and small
fruits are being urged to organ
ize and work toward developing
better markets on which sur
vival of these industries de
pends.
Four Local Men
To Attend Meet
Four members of the Jackson
county fair board will attend a
two-day spring workshop on
fairs next week at Corvallis.
Attending the Monday and
Tuesday meetings from here will
be J. W. Bigham, Francis
Krouse, Ed Fossen and EarJe
Jossy. The sessions will include
discussions of fair problems and
suggested solutions. Gov Robert
D. Holmes will be speaker at
the Monday evening banquet-
The workshop is being held
under joint sponsorship of the
Oregon fair board and Oregou
State college.
Missouri cottontail rabbits
rear 3.8 litters annually with an
average of 4.4 animals in each
litter.
Early Marketing
Of Lambs Pays;
Pointers Listed
Corvallis Oregon sheepmen
slated to market more than a
half-million fat lambs this spring
and summer, mostly to out-of-state
consumers, could, net an
extra $3 a head from lambs fin
ished off before mid-June, ac
cording to Oregon State college
extension specialists.
W. Y. Fowler, livestock mar
keting specialist, says lamb
prices are expected to hold
strong, following the pace set by
beef. Best prices will go to early
spring lambs, he adds, that fill
the market gap between Cali
fornia's peak April sales and
late June marketings elsewhere.
Rule Still Holds
The old rule of thumb that
a 75-pound lamb on Memorial
Day may be worth more than
a 90-pound lamb on July 4 still
holds, the specialist says Sharp
price drops normally hit here
about June 15.
Fowler and John Landers,
OSC livestock specialist, offer
the following suggestions for
boosting lambs to early markets:
Shear ewes early to keep them
pasturing well and producing
milk rather than "holing-up" in
the shade to escape warm weath
er. See county extension agents
for fertilizer recommendations
to keep pasture producing at
lambs Vi to 34 pounds
of grain daily, right up to load
ing time. Any locally-grown
grain, alone or in mixture, wUl
do. Keep plenty of fresh water
and salt available.
Drenching Suggested
Drench lambs immediately if
they show symptoms of internal
parasites scours, inability to
gain, and dead-looking wool.
Drench with one ounce of com-
merical liquid phenothiazine. Re
peat in two weeks. Keep a nine-to-one
salt and ' phenothiazine
mixture before the flock at all
times.
When lambs reach 80 pounds
and grade "choice," get them to
market rather than waiting for
the entire lamb crop to ripen.
Over-ripe lambs not only go
down in grade and value but re
quire extra feed and care in the
process. Neighbors can efteu
pool transportation for small
lots of market-ready lambs. ,
Keep earliest, heavy, ewe
lambs at home for flock replace
ments. The specialists also advise
growers with old-crop lambs to
move them to market within the
next ' two weeks to avid price
loss in competition with the 1957
crop.
7 Million Bushel
Of Grain Shipped
Salem Almost seven million
bushel: or 20 cargoes of grain
were inspected out of Oregon in
March for overseas shipment, T.
Rrlph Harry of the state depart
ment of agriculture s grain divi
sion, has reported.
Most of the export movement
left Portland but about a half
million bushels moved from As
toria. The .total included 4.4
million bushels wheat; 1.6 mil
lion bushels barley; and 633,000
bushels of corn.
Countries on the receiving end
of the March movement were
Ladia, Korea', Italy,' France, Ja
pan, Okinawa, South America
-.d Parkistan, the department
records show.
In the first three months of
this year the department in
spected more than 17.1 million
bushels of export grain' or more
than the entire grain export
business for the year 1954.
Harry said business already
handled and orders ,in mer
chants har-' point to an all
time high grain exporting
from Ore : 1957.
Conservation Group
Officers Reelected
Directors of the Sams Valley
Beagle soil conservation "district
Monday night reelected all pre
vious board officers at the an
nual reorganization meeting.
The officers include R. Bruce
Grieve, Trail, chairman; Lester
E. James, Sams Valley, vice
chairman; Earl B. Day, Central
Point, treasurer; and W. B.
Tucker, secretary.
A guest at the meeting was
Bob McLaughlin, Hillsboro, area
agronomist for the Oregon Soil
Conservation service. He de
scribed a new regional forage
crop nursery recently installed
at Corvallis. -
Newark, N. J. (U.R) S t a t e
Sen; Malcolm S. Forbes, 37-year-old
millionaire, overwhelming
ly won the Republican nomina
tion for governor Tuesday night.
He will meet Democratic Gov.
Robert B. Meyner in the Novem
ber general election.
Hormone Injections Boost Beef Gains, Tests Indicate
Corvallis Stilbestrol hormone
injections to boost beef gains
proved more effective than
"fed" stilbestrol in trials just
completed by the Oregon college
agricultural experiment station
provided animals receive
enough protein to make full use
of the hormone stimulus.
Feeder steers on high protein
rations this winter gained 10 to
15 per cent faster when pellets
were implanted under the skin
on the back side of the ear as
compared with addition of stil
bestrol to the grain ration. Both
methods are used by ranchers.
Tests Conducted
Tests were conducted with
Hereford steers at OSC's Mal
heur branch experiment station
near Ontario during a 126-day
feeding period ending April 1.
Neil Hoffman, station superin
tendent, said advantages of im
plants were lost when not ac
Mongold Receives
Gold Star Award
A fifth Gold Star Herd award
has been made to W. D. Mon
gold, owner of La Pine Jersey
Farm, route 1, Eagle Point, on
his herd of registered Jerseys.
,The La Pine Jersey Farm
herd won the award after having
completed another year on of
ficial Herd Improvement Reg
istry testing. The Gold Star rec
ognition is for unusually high
production over a four year per
iod. Last year, Mongold's 18 cows
had an average production of
9,896 pounds milk containing
562 pounds butterfat. Over the
past four years Mongold has
had an average of 19 in his herd
producing 9,260 pounds milk
containing 524 pounds butterfat
apiece. - AH tests on the herd
were checked by Oregon State
college and the American Jersey
Cattle club. The Mongold herd
average is more than two times
greater than that of the "aver
age" dairy cow in the United
States-
The Herd Improvement Reg
istry work is another of the prv
grams carried on by The Amer
ican Jersey Cattle club to aid
the continuous improvement of
the Jersey breed. The club's na
tional headquarters is in Colum
bus, Ohio.
Garden Notes
By
C. B. CORDY
County Extension
Agent foi Horticulture
Vegetable planting has been
somewhat delayed due to wet
soils but now is a good time to
get in a rather complete garden
except for the warm weather
crops.
Such things as turnips, beets,
spinach, carrots, radishes and on
ions should be seeded, but cab
bages, cauliflower and head
lettuce should be set out as
plants. Head lettuce and spinach
are cool weather plants and this
is about as late as they could be
planted successfully.
Garden Size
At the start of the season en
thusiasm sometimes runs high
and a gardner will plant a fairly
large area. Then as the summer
progresses and the weeds begin
to come, it becomes a chore to
take care of an'd in many cases it
will not be properly taken care
of. A small, well cared for gar
den will produce more than a
large one taken over by weeds
and it is more of a pleasure to
work in.
By planting small amounts of
the particular vegetables that
are wanted and caring for them
well a lot of the burden of gar
dening will be removed.
Delay Planting
Delay planting until a good
seeed bed can be worked up
add five pounds of a complete
fertilizer to 100 square feet and
work it lightly into the surface
soil then plant the following
amounts for an average family:
Cabbage-18 plants; Beets-15 feet
of row; Spinach-20 feet; head
lettuce-1 dozen plants; Carrots-
15 feet with another 15 feet in
May; Onions-25 feet to 50 feet.
The first corn can also be
planted now. Plant five rows
about 5 feet long with an early
variety such as Seneca Golden
and another 5 feet of a later
corn such as Golden Cross Ban
tam. Every ten days extend the
five rows another 5 feet.. This
will keep your table supplied
with fresh corn from the middle
of July up until the first frost.
Portland (U.PJ Circuit
Judge Frank J. Lonergan has
set next Wednesday to hear argu
ments on a motion for a new
trial for District Attorney Wil
liam Langley who was convict
ed last Saturday on a misde
meanor charge of neglect of
duty.
jPoPTO and Garden
companied by high protein ra
tions.
Highest gains 3.06 pounds
per day were made by steers
receiving a 30-milligram stil
bestrol implant at the start of
the feeding program. The basic
feed ration consisted of free
choice alfalfa, about 11 pounds
of ground ear corn, and one-half
pound of wheat bran. Added
protein was about four .pounds
of ammoniated beet pulp, a new
product measuring 20 per cent
protein.
Steers on the same ration, but
with 10 milligrams stilbestrol
daily mixed in the bran, aver
aged daily gains of 2.72 pounds.
Cost per pound of gain, from
"fed" stilbestrol was 18.3 cents
compared to 16.4 cents with the
stilbestrol implant.
Feeding Trials
The feeding trials further
showed that ammoniated beet
Weeds
and
Herbicides
By RAY HUBBELL
County Weed Control
Supervisor
The time for controlling broad
leaved weeds in grains is well
upon us.
With all the talk of new weed
killers, one might ask if there
is anything better for this job
than 2-4D. The answer to that
question is that 2-4D is still the
best weed killer to be used on
grain and grass crops. Spraying
grains and grass crops with 2-4D
is a good investment. It usually
returns three to four times the
cost of the spray job. In that
case, it is a job worth doing
right.
Correct Use
After deciding to spray, the
next step is to select the correct
formulation of 2-4D- For harder
to kill weeds, such as tar weed
or fiddle neck, annual burnet
and knob weed 2-4D low volatile
esters may be used. A combin
ation of one part 2-4D and one
part 245T may be used if the
majority of weeds are -in the
harder to kill class. Surround
ing susceptible crops must be
considered with the use of the
2-4D low volitile esters
The rate of application for
2-4D or combinations may vary
from V2 to 1 V2 pounds of total
acids per acre. Rates of applica
of Vi to A pound per acre are
usual for the annual weeds. For
perennial weeds, such as Canada
thistle and morning glory, as
high IV2 pounds of parent acid
per acre may be used.
Winter Grain
Winter grain should not be
sprayed until after it has started
tillering or stooling and may be
sprayed until the head is in
the boot. Spring grains may be
sprayed when 6 to 8 inches high
and up until the time of the
early boot stage.
Improperly timed applications,
particularly when the grain is
small may result in serious In
jury to the grain crop. Incorrect
calibration of equipment is
another source of crop . injury
and will be covered in a follow
ing article.
2-4D may be used on corn if
care is given to application. Corn
is one of the more sensitive of
the cereal crops to the growth-
regulating chemicals, such as
2-4D. Excessive drenching of the
plant should be avoided.
Most satisfactory results in
spraying corn have come from
using a drop nozzle that applies
the spray at the base of the
corn plant below the leaves. This
is particularly true in cases of
Hybrid sweet corn. Excellent re
sults have been achieved by an
overall coverage on field and
silage corns.
Wine Producers Are
Warned of Materials
Fresno, Calif. A warning to
wine producers against the use
of unclean and adulterated raw
material- was voiced here re
cently by an official of the U.S.
food and drug administration.
McKay McKinnon Jr., chief of
the FDA's San Francisco office,
called upon a meeting of San
Joaquin valley wine growers to
stop a "gray market for gar
bage" in the use of uninspected
grapes. He said the practice is
far from general, but that in
an inspection last fall a number
of wineries were found to have
used grapes which were diseased
or contained insects..
The federal official blamed
competition for purchase of
grapes for the use of uninspected
grapes, but said that demand
can never justify traffic in
adulterated raw material."
pulp produced beef gains at less
than standard protein supple
ment also rated 20 per cent
crude protein. Beet pulp can be
treated for approximately $5
a ton, Hoffman reported, with
total cost of the finished product
about 20 per cent less than the
protein supplement consisting of
regular beet pulp and cotton
seed meal.
Steers implanted with stilbes
trol and receiving the protein
supplement averaged daily gains
of 3.03 pounds at a cost of 17 5
cents per pound of gain. Animals
on "fed" stilbestrol and protein
supplement gained 2.69 pounds
a day at a cost of 19.3 cents per
pound of gain.
High Protein Rations
Importance of high protein
rations for effective use of stil
bestrol implants was pinpoint
ed when regular beet pulp ws
used with the basic ration of
180 Retail Beverage
Outlets in County
Jackson county now has 180
premises licensed to sell alco
holic beverages at retail com
pared with 176 in effect April
of last year, the Oregon liquor
control commission has reported.
This is typical of general li
cense stability throughout the
state, all retail "premises now
numbering 4704, which is 12
fewer, than those operating at
the same time last year. Of these
outlets, 2312 allow sale of bev
erages for consumption on the
premises.
Licensing operations are based
on public need in a community,
which does not vary sharply
unless there are sudden surges
in population usually due to
new industry, according to
OLCC Chairman Hugh Kirkpat-
rick.
Salem Two hundred sixty-
one reactors in 3,032 herds were
found in the 43,706 cattle tested
for brucellosis, (Bangs disease)
in Oregn during March under
thi federal-state cooperative
testing program. The reactors
represent almost six-tenths of
one per cent of the cattle tested;
they were found in 107 herds.
In addition, 15,215 calves in 715
herds were vaccinated.
Were
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"IHC Auto Wagon" and the new "Golden Jubilee" light-duty
pickup, one of the new International A-line of light, medium
and heavy-duty motor trucks being introduced to the Med
ford area by International Harvester Co., 2232 Biddle rd.,
Medford. The high-wheeled Auto Wagon's 20-horsepower
two cylinder air-cooled engine compares with five gasoline
and four LPG six-cylinder high-torque truck engines from
112 to 154 horsepower available for the new International
models. While the Auto Wagon was built specifically for
hauling produce from farm to market, new International
trucks are offered in a wide variety of four and six-wheel
and all-wheel-drive models for specialized and general truck
ing applications. Golden Jubilee pickup, rated at 4,200
pounds gross vehicle weight, features a seven-foot custom
pickup body, new Sweep-Around windshield with 1,181
square inch glass area and a new 65-inch wide custom cab
which has the widest inside dimension of any comparable
truck model. Wheelbase is 114 inches. Standard engine is rat
ed at 112 horsepower and 154-horsepower engine is optional.
alfalfa, corn and bran. Grains
dropped to 2.73 pounds a day
for animals receiving stibestrol
implants but went . up to 2.83
pounds for steers on "fed" stil
bestrol. Tests were conducted with 50
high-quality yearling Hereford
steers from OSC's Squaw Butte
Harney branch experiment sta
tion, Burns. The steers averaged
about 810 pounds at the stait
of the feeding period. Average
weight on April 1 ranged from
1153 pounds for the group on
"fed" stilbestrol and protein sup
plement up to 1190 pounds for
those receiving stilbestrol im
plants and ammoniated beet
pulp.
Finished live grades for ail
animals ranged from "high
good" to "choice" with the fat
est gaining group consisting of
two "high goods" and 'Six
"choice" or "low choice" ani
mals. See Your Local Fertilizer
Dealer
l. g. McLaren & co.
DISTRIBUTORS
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